Cleaner set package



J. MILLER CLEANER SET PACKAGE Filed May 22, 1928 'LNVENTORI \ILJV/LLER;

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Patented Nov. 4, 1930 N 'TED {m TE ATE NT OF Fl 1 V u een; MILLER,- orTOLEDO, onro, nssIenon Ton-Ex RESEARCH CORPORATION, or

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10 daily life, particularly in the household. For

instance, there are cleansing agents for removingink spots, others forremoving grease andgum, and still others for removing rust "and grassstains, etc; but no'one of these 115 gentswill do byitself for all ofthese difcle, on llne 6 -.6 of Fig. 4, showing the botferent kinds ofspots. y It is the chief object of the present inven- "tionto make up apackage of an improved type out offanumber of diiferent kinds ofcleansing agents, each in a separate container in such a manner as toprovide a single, unitary, article in the form ofa permanentpackage-setadapted p'articularly well for display, but stillbetter-adapted for use as ahousehold 5 conveniencecapable of taking careofall spotremoving and other cleaning-needs.

is a particular object of the invention to provide a. package which willhave means for holding" these separate containers in small compass, yetin such a way that they cannot 'collide with each other during shippingand break or spill, or become disarranged, and wherebyjready access,easy removal, and simplicity of handling will not be hindered, but willinstead be enhanced.

' It is a further particular objectof the invention to improve thestructure of certain of the; elements of which packages are made,

40 primarily to cheapen the cost of production of the package, but alsoto so simplify and strengthen the structureasya framework, as to adaptit to successfullywithstand the hard battering incident to shippingandservice,

5 :and atltheysame time to' confer upon it into the packag 1192s.SerialNo 279,673. I

its embodiments only by the scope of the subjoined claims. i 3 Inthesedrawihgsv F'g. 1 is a perspective of one of the packageformingelements before being assembled Fig. 2 is a perspective ofanother one of the package forming elements by itself; l

Fig. 3 isla perspective of the completed package ready for display oruse;

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Fig. 3

showing the structure of one "of the packing elements; I i i Fig. 5 is asection on line 5-5 of Fig. 4,"and Fig. 6 is a section partlyin plan, ofthe artitom andside structure of the completed package." I r y In theform of theinvention shown in the drawings, all the parts used in makingup the package are contemplated as beingmade of somesuitablesheet-material flexible enough to permit of the parts beingeasily bent into shape, and then have their ends united bysimplefastening means, such as eyelet-brads,l2, or the like. i n

One of these package parts consists of a strip of sheet-material 8, mostclearly shown 'in Fig. 2, of such afiexible nature that it can passingthrough thepunch-holes 10 and-10", thus forming a substantiallyrectangular frame 8 on and around which the rest'of the package isbuilt. The strip 8 in addition has its lower edges, all around, bent orshaped into a substantially horizontal extension to thereby form'flanges20. A

- Another one of the packageelenients con,- sists of a moreextensivesheet'of' more flexible {material '5. This member is supported on andwithin the'fraine 8 by'its upper ends onlyywhich are turned up forsuspension from the upper edges of two oppositesides of the frame 8, asshown in Figs. 4 and 5. Thismember thus actsas a sort of spring cushiondue to its flexibility and manner of attachment, and'absorbs all theshocks and strains which would otherwise come on the containers 6 totheir detriment. The member 5 is prevented from sagging down out of theopen bottom of the package, under the weight of the containers, when itcontacts near its middle with the flanges if preferred, however it maybe attached to these flanges, at any desired place and by any suitablefastening means, such as the eyelets 23.

i The third member of the package is a lid preferably made of a sheet ofsemi-flexible material 7, which lid clamps down over and around all theupper edges of the fra'me'or base-member 8 except the back edge. Therack or suspension member 5 therebyhas the receptacles or the likepressed down and sidewise against it and the containers: are thus heldin a small compass yet safe from harm. The member 7 has three of itsedges turned down, asshown, to engage over the edges of the member 8,and is attached so as to-clear along its fourth edge to both the frameand the rack. This attachment, whereby the spring effect of the rack 5is preserved, is made by suspendingthe member 5 from the top edge of twosides of the frame 8 by the same means'as by which the lid is attachedto the frame.

-In the preferred form of this suspension, an extra long eyeletor brador the like, 12, is passed through the upper ends of the member 5,through the frame 8, and then anchored over the rear ends of the twoside edges of the member 7. There is thus evolved a combined pivot,attaching, and'bracing structure, as shown best in Fig. 4, without theuse of any loose or expensive parts which preserves the spring-eifect ofthe rack, yet is sturdy enough to serve well under the abuses a packageof this kind receives. r

The sheet 5 is provided with a number of troughs or transverse grooves30, which are pressed in the flexible'material, and can thus varyin sizeand shapecr be distorted under the pressure of the various shapes ofarticles made up into a package-set according to the present invention.These articles usually comprise a plurality of cylindrical containers,6, under the middle one of which is placed a zinc-plate6 and av foldedpiece of cliainoisfi. This element 5 is quite flexible, the containers 6and other articles which are to be packed, do not necessarily have to beof a cylindrical shape, since when the third member of the package isforced down on these containers, the strip 5 will be slightly butsufficiently, distorted by the-pressure of the .containers in such amanner that the containers will be satisfactorily held yieldinglytogether to prevent collision, yet in predetermined spaced relationsufliciently wide for easy access. Thismember 5 thus constitutes at oneand the same time, a rack holder,.and a suspension cushion protectivemember,

3 thereby obviating special outside protective packing for shipping, yetwithout increasing the cost.

By the present invention, there is thus provided an improved householdarticle ready for instant use to meet all needs for any kind of aspot-remover, yet having such a structure that it permanently retainsits original form, withstanding well the abuses and accidents arising inthe home or in shipping, yet constituted bythese same means, an articleof quite a pleasing and attractive appearance.

I claim:

1; Ap'ackage of liquid cleaning-materials in receptaclesincluding acontainer comprising a frame having an open bottom, a flexible membersuspendedfrom the top edges of two sides thereof for'carryi'ng thereceptacles and having formations thereon for protecting the receptaclesfrom contacting with each other and with outside objects, said framehaving its lower edges all around formed into substantially horizontalflanges andextended under said flexible member a suflicient distance toprevent said member from sagging down and out of the package under theweight of the receptacles.

2., A cleaning material package, comprisin a main package-formingportion of flexible sheet-material having formations for resilientlyholding a,plurality of liquid containers in frictional relation toitself and to each. other therein, portions of said sheetmaterial'extending up between said containers, anotherv portion; formedvertically aroundand horizontally under the edges of said main portionand comprising a strip of substantially rigid. material having its endsunited, and a piece of semi-flexible sheet material hingedly attached tosaidmain portion and swingable downwardly for clamping said containersin said main portion.

3. A package-of liquid cleaning materials, comprisinga package-outliningbase portion, said portion having formations therein for holdingtogether a plurality ofv liquid. containers, said formations preventing.saidcontainers from contacting, each other and from changing'location inthe package, a member swingably attached to two corners of said baseportion and supported when in its lowered position by said containers,and another package-portion. comprising a single strip of sheet-materialformed vertically around said base portion, and having its lower edgesturned horizontally and having its sides united to the base portion bythe same means whichattach said swingable memberto the base portion.

4. In apackage of the class described, a bott01n-p0rtion having acorrugated surface for holding a plurality of cylindrical containers inspaced relation therein, and having; each end turned up, a four squareguard portion attached around said ends, and a member for clamping-saidcontainers in said bottom, comprising a portion ofsheetmaterial hingedlyattached to the bottom over and through the upper part of said guardstrip to thereby hold said strip and said member to said bottom.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JAMES LYLE MILLER.

